Shiva.Nikolce said:
Both are true and the basis for my statistical analysis
I wasn't quibbling with your data points. I was pointing out that you took two pieces of data, made a lot of assumptions, and drew conclusions. That is not how statistics work. You have to also back up your assumptions with some data or a tested hypothesis that can be applied broadly.
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1. That pro-life parents will have more children than pro-choice parents. They will... by simply not killing them.
2. That by being pro-choice you have had an abortion or will have one
No but you are clearly pro choice if you have had an abortion and so statistically speaking so would the son or daughter you gave up
3. That by being pro-life you have never had an abortion or will never have one
That is statistically accurate
I know you are familiar with hypocrites. There are many people who say one thing and practice another.
Not everyone who has an abortion is pro-choice. You may want to define them that way but that is not how they define themselves.
Not everyone who is pro-choice would have an abortion. They advocate choice for the woman but not necessarily because they agree with that choice.
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4. That pro-life children will reach adulthood and still retain the right to vote
They wont if they are dead
They also won't be able to vote if they are disenfranchised. This is an increasing trend with over 5.5 million (2.5% of voting population) Americans currently not allowed to vote.
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5. That those 57 million would have reached adulthood and retained the right to vote
Statistically speaking 5% 2.85 million would have died before they could vote anyways
That is true but I was pointing out that you are assuming if abortion was illegal those 57 million have been born and not aborted anyway. I think we all know that just because something is illegal this doesn't mean it doesn't happen.
In countries with strict abortion laws abortions still occur. When abortion was illegal in the US abortions still occurred. The percentage of abortions to live births has decreased in the US since 1973.
http://apps.who.int/iris/bitstream/10665/75174/1/WHO_RHR_12.02_eng.pdf?ua=1
WHO said:
Induced abortions continue to occur in measurable numbers in all regions of the world, regardless of the status of abortion laws.
In 2008, in subregions with legal restrictions on induced abortion (i.e. developing country subregions except the Eastern Asia Subregion) the induced abortion rate in general was between 20 and 40 per 1000 women in reproductive age
For comparision: in the US it is
19.6 16.0 induced abortions per 1000 women in the reproductive age range
(2008)CDC 2008
Making something illegal doesn't make it any less likely to happen. It just makes it more dangerous. Examples: drugs, alcohol, prostitution.
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6. That pro-choice/women's rights issues follow parents ideological footsteps
Again statistically speaking Yes
There are issues that do not follow ideological lines when they directly affect that person.
Women who advocated for the right to vote didn't necessarily come from families who wanted women to vote. Homosexuals who advocate gay rights don't necessarily come from families who advocate gay rights.
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7. That the ease of information communication today does not influence children/young adults political ideologies
not statistically speaking
This is actually unknown at the moment.
There are various studies looking at how the internet has affected voter turnout, social media influencing people's perspectives, and if there is a cluster affect ('birds of a feather' being able to easily find one another and re-enforce shared ideas) from the internet.
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8. That political ideologies stay constant throughout the life of the voter
for the majority of people, yes
Children (under the age of 18) tend to match their parents ideological views. However, between 18-24 those views change because of work, school, travel, experiences, pregnancy/starting a family, etc.
One survey saw a change of 20% from how a student identified themselves when they entered college to when they left.
my whole point is pro life numbers are not static, they are rising and rising faster than pro choice numbers and not just in the us. The only way to reverse this trend is to lessen the number of abortions. So theoretically, pro lifers efforts to lessen the number of abortions performed would reverse this trend.